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Manu Ginóbili over a 23 year old career was one of
the only two players to have won a EuroLeague title,
an NBA championship, and an Olympic gold medal.
Ginóbili was a member of the San Antonio Spurs for
his entire NBA career. On the occasion of his recent
induction into Spurs Hall of fame, a journalist called
him “ X of Basketball” .Both X & Manu being the
sports heros of the same country. But X reacted to it
saying that : “ They should say I am Manu of football
not the other way around”
Id X.

A nation’s sportspersons have been attending
opening ceremonies of CWG & Olympics games
dressed in this attire.
This picture shows their entry during the opening
ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in
PyeoyngChang , South Korea when they were said
to have “won” the Opening Ceremony by their
commitment to their tradition even in that
freezing cold.
ID this nation represented by this informally
dressed sportspersons.

Connect the given data to sports

Just before the US Open final, Carlos Alcaraz took
to Twitter and tweeted a set of emojis. Fans went
about searching what his emoji tweet meant and it
wasn’t the first time. He had mentioned it before,
when he said :
"I always remember what my grandpa says to me.
That is the three Cs. Cabeza. Corazón. Cojones
(Head, heart & ______ ). That motto is always with
me.“
FITB.

The strips on a particular sporting equipment
which resembles a hawk’s lure, used from
ancient times in the training of hunting birds
have the following meaning :
• Green: Slow (22° C-33° C)
• Blue: Medium (12° C-23°C)
•Red: Fast (0°C-13°C)
The equipment as well as the game gets its
name from the to-and-fro movement of the
equipment during the game.

Identify this track
and field athlete
who recently
tweeted that he/she
had watched Bob
Beamon's iconic
sporting moment in
the '68 Olympics
many times
and was like a
texbook for him/her
growing up.

Created by Instagram user @goldyeller, this
is an artistic recreation of a sporting
moment using LEGOs which was adorned by
Verne Lundquist’s commentary : “In your life
have you seen anything like that?”. The call
and the event was so iconic that the
documentary about Lindquist was titled : ‘In
your life’
ID the sports personality in the video & the
simple but famous name given to this
particular shot of this player at the 16th hole
of the 2005 Augusta Masters.

In March 2021, during the qualifier matches for the Fifa
World Cup 2022, a team made the headlines by wearing T-
shirts protesting against the human rights violations to
migrant workers in Qatar. “Respect : on & off the pitch” &
“Fair pay for migrant workers”. They faced threat of ban
from the World Cup by FIFA but that didn’t last long as this
team could not make it to the World Cup inspite of having a
couple of promising young talents who will surely be
missed by the fans at the event. Which is the country that
made this bold stand.

Anders Boesen is a former professional badminton player.
He has represented Denmark in international
tournaments such as in World Championships, Sudirman
Cup, Thomas Cup and European Championships. At the
age of 30, Anders Boesen completed his medical studies
and later he finished his surgical training subspecialized in
arthroscopic surgery and sports traumatology.
Sometime in mid-2021, him and his brother Morten (also
a former badminton player turned doctor) came into light
for certain heroics.
What heroics?

Though there are many theories regarding the origin of X, one of
the oldest references to it can be dated back to around 400 A.D.,
where in Germany, X had a deep religious significance.
Parishioners carried a club-shaped cudgel, or Kegel as an exercise
for arm and as a weapon. At that time the clergies devised a rather
questionable test of a Parishioner’s devotion to the faith. Each of
them were made to stand their Kegel on one end and from the
other end of the monasteries’ covered walkway, attempt to cause
them to tumble with a stone. Success determined a purity of faith
and failure indicated a less-than-perfect attitude towards the
church. This test later evolved into a competition among priests as a
means of recreation, losing its significance as a test of faith.
ID X.

Q. X and Y have shared a storied rivalry, considered
by many to be the greatest in tennis history.
Entering the Z. The two had combined to win the
previous 14 out of 16 Grand Slams.
Z was the third consecutive year in which the two
had met, with X winning not only the last two, but
also the last five editions of said competition.
Z is often regarded as the greatest match of tennis
ever played.
ID X, Y & Z

A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place in
the United Kingdom and elsewhere to commemorate a link
between that location and a famous person, event, or former
building on the site, serving as a historical marker.
It was in news few months back when London home of
Dadabhai Naoroji got Blue Plaque honour.
The picture shows a similar Blue Plaque that appeared outside
Mbargo in 2019 days after Kai Barry & William O’Connor said
_______should get a knighthood for defending them from
‘homophobic abuse’ outside Mbargo during the brawl as well
as for his heroic deeds in a sporting event.
FITB.

The downfall of Indian Hockey started when it was
right at it’s peak in 1975 having won the World Cup at
Kaula Lumpur (with Pakistan finishing second). The
following Olympics however saw the seven time gold
medalists finishing seventh and by 1985 Indian hockey
started to crumble. A series of rule changes was to
blame which made it almost resemble football and
one could use football tactics like long passes and
counters.
The subcontinent players were unable to cope up with
this style of play. What was this major change in
playing conditions/ rules that led to India never being
able to reach it’s past glory yet .

Identity the person who tells the story about how a
normal Saturday afternoon changed quickly for him
and he was the talking point associated with a
popular sporting event in India.

Identify the sports event & it’s significance in relation
to summer of 2021.
Also why was this sports personality in news recently

The event shown in the picture is a portmanteau of the
blanked out words X & Y.. Find X & Y.
Extra points for identifying the injured personality in the
picture.
X
Y

The video shows Ronaldo leaving Old Trafford early
before the final whistle in a match against Tottenham.
He wasn’t brought on even after being asked to warm
up during the match & left before the match was over.
The video sparked a meme fest and an interesting one
was a video featuring a political figure instead of
Ronaldo portraying the events that unfolded in
bringing a new person to power making “Indians
proud”. Id this political figure who replaced Ronaldo in
the video.

“Ours is such a classic love story if you think about it.
We first met at coaching classes, when we were still kids
and were childhood friends throughout. Then, slowly
and steadily that friendship grew into love. But there
was one issue that I’m from Haryana and he is from
Hyderabad, and inter-community marriages are still
quite rare in our country, which is why we had to hide
our relationship for the longest time.”
Identify this sports couple, who play the same sport
and has established their own identity in the same by
achieving individual glory.

The picture shows the ad by a company in September
2022. The caption read : “He will keep smashing for
fun” along with a message to the sports personality
Who is the person being referred here? Which brand
brought out this funny ad ?

Kancha also known as Goti is an Indian traditional game
which is mostly played by kids. The objective of the game is
to hit a few marble balls on the ground with your own
marble ball and whoever is successful in hitting the targets
takes the marbles of all other players and is declared winner.
A similar yet more sophisticated form of this game is X
which is played in 52 countries around the world and has
been an integral part of Commonwealth Games since its
inaugural season. This unfortunately, unpopular sport drew
attention to Indians when the game increased the gold
medal tally for India in recently held Birmingham
Commonwealth Games. Identity the sports

Identify the sports personality in the picture & this
incident associated with him.
A similar but less dramatic incident also happened in the
life of an Indian wrestler in the semis of Olympics 2012.
He lost in the low scoring final for which he blamed his
bad stomach. A blogger "That's how it really works"
however didn't buy that and put forward his conspiracy
theory that his specific act in the semi final is what
caused him to have a bad stomach in the finals.

X is an indoor arena located in Montichiari, Italy, in the
province of Brescia. It is home of the Brescia Leonessa
team of the Lega Basket Serie A and the volleyball
teams Millenium Brescia & Pallavolo Gabeca, the
volleyball clubs of the city of Monza.
X is named after an Indian who was one of, if not the
greatest volleyball players of all time & the first from
India to turn professional & play club volleyball in Italy.
What should have been a wonderful long career was
cut short when he met with an accident in Italy and
died young. Id this malayali who also has a sports
complex named after him in Kerala.
Also the name of the stadium "x"

Answer : Players who have “run-out” opponents at
the non striker’s end before bowling

Tiger Woods famous “chip” shot

Answer : Performed Cardiac resuscitation to save Christian Eriksen

Answers :
PT Usha - Payyoli Express
Hima Das – Dhing Express
Jhulan Goswami – Chakda Express

The event shown in the picture is a portmanteau of the
blanked out words X & Y.. Find X & Y.
Extra points for identifying the injured personality in the
picture.

Answer : Saina Nehwal & Parupalli Kashyap

Answer: Manforce Condoms ad honouring
Roger Federer on his retirement

Answer : Mike Tyson biting off Evander Hoyfield’s ear

Answer : Jimmy George.
Pala George Starium

In October 2021, a certain successful team
honoured one of its countrymen on the golden feat
achieved by the said person in the summer of 2021.
They bestowed upon him a generous gift of 133500
USD and gave him a their iconic yellow jersey with a
special 4 digit number which showcased the
incredible achievement of the person.
ID the Team and the number.

Answer : Chennai Super Kings
Neeraj Chopra jumped 87.58 for his
first Olympic gold medal win

In cricket glossary, this aggresive pace bowling
tactic is employed to terror the batsmen. Seamers
bowl bouncer on or just outside off-stump that
passes within inches of the batsman’s face.
After which product is this delivery named,
because it’s delivered close enough that they can
supposedly it?
Junaid Jamshed, a elite producer of this product in
his country, released the two following brands and
named them after which personality?

Answer : Perfume Ball
Wasim Akram

For many it’s the soundtrack to their childhood. Wake up,
fire up the console and hear those iconic words as your TV
roars to life. The voice actor (Yes, it wasn’t artificially
created!) behind this sensational phrase released a tutorial
revealing how to enunciate it properly.
“First and probably most important is volume. It is not
something to be delivered lightly. It is firm. It is aggressive. It
is your guts hurling through the air as you growl like a
hungry dog on a T-bone. There is a swagger and it is attitude
that makes this line sing.”
This same phrase has around for almost 30 years now and
has still remained a mainstay in every new edition.
Identify the iconic phrase.

Answer : EA SPORTS
It’s in the GAME

The 2008 US Basketball team was nicknamed the
“X” , a play on an alternative name for the
legendary 1992 squad that was called the “Y”, and a
reference to the fact that the United States came
away with disappointing Bronze Medals during the
2004 Summer Olympics and the 2006 FIBA World
Championship.
A Netflix program titled “X” was released last month
while the story about the 1992 team titled “Y” was
released as a documentary back in 2012.
Id the rhyming titles “X” & “Y”

Answers: X – The Dream Team
Y – The Redeem Team

Diana Edulji was a prominent figure in women’s cricket who
initiated the demands for equal pay and still continue to
fight for women’s cricket. She also has a history of once
calling the MCC “MCP” – male chuvanist pigs when she was
denied entry to the Lord’s. One of her best matches was
India’s first test victory against WI in Patna in 1976. She along
with Susan Itticheria who is a Malayali guided the team to
victory. Susan Itticheria has a sports cultured family with her
daughter X being a squash player . X is married to a sports
personality ‘Y’ as well who rose to fame in late years of his
career playing a World cup as well. Besides X’s brother in-law
Z is her team mate in doubles matches. He has recently
achieved the coveted CWG gold in Squash which has
been evading him for so long.

Answers : X – Dipika Pallikkal
Y – Dinesh Karthik
Z- Saurav Ghosal

This rare type of bird X has been a part of the popular
imagination of humans since a long time. Over the centuries,
among other things, it has featured in a very famous poem,
has an idiom related to it and has been a part of various
sailor myths.
More recently though, it is also used as a term in a sport for
referring to a certain score. The words for the scores which
are one more (worse) than an X and two more than an X are
also bird-related/bird-inspired terms. An Indian’s
performance at the Olympics in the said sport made people
here to go about searching more about the scoring systems.
Identify X and the two other score terms.

Answer : Albatross
Eagle & Birdie

The “Hand of God” ball was sold at auction for €2.3
million recently. The person against whom Maradona
scored the iconic goal was Peter Shilton the England
goal keeper. Despite this goal, Peter was one of the
best GKs England has produced. He still shares an
important goal keeping record in Fifa World Cups
along with French goal keeper Fabian Barthez ( who
won the 1998 World cup ). What is this record which
we usually talk about when comparing the stats of
goalkeepers

Answer : Most number of clean sheets (10)

Though Luis Hamilton is having a difficult season he almost
had the moment of the season that. In the lap 45 of British
GP, paired with the iconic commentary by David Croft :
“Leclerc has that inside line. Perez goes off the track, cuts the
“X” Off goes Leclerc. Through goes Hamilton, unbelievable
stuff!!” left the fans in awe.
The word ‘X’ is derived from the French verb chicaner, which
means to create difficulties or to dispute pointlessly & is also
used in Contact Bridge to describe a hand without any cards.
In F1, tricky section of the track with corners in different
directions in a short period of time is known as X.
Id X

From 2019, at Wimbledon a final set tie break was
introduced with the decider to be played at 12-12.
Further it was announced in 2022 that all four Grand
Slam tournaments would trial a new 10-point tie
break when scores reach 6-6 in the deciding set.
What led to this rule change goes back to a match
between John Isner & Nicholas Mahut at 2010
Wimbledon.
What was special about this match & the scoreboard
at the end of the match ?

Answer : Longest match in tennis history lasting 11
hours and 5 minutes
Scoreboard stopped working at 47-47 in the fifth set

Q. This response by white against the Sicilian defense is known as XY
attack. While a lot of people think that the attack gets its name from the
fast development of White’s pieces, it has more to do with the fact that
the attack was popularized by a chess format in Britain in 1980s. The
tournaments were called XY style tournaments as they involved weekly
matches with points being added over the weeks to eventually declare a
winner.
The phrase XY is synonymous with a different breed of sports altogether
and can be traced to an early 20th century event organized by the Count
of Dion. The reward of the said event was an epic 45,000 Francs, roughly
13 kg of gold at the time & is still among the elite sports
• Identify XY.

Viv Richards unhappy by the reply delivered to him from a
player in an unusual manner said on the BBC’s Test Match
Special : “It’s like in a football match ... If you are losing 5-0
and you score a goal in the 90th minute, you shouldn’t be
running around jumping for joy, I wouldn’t be happy with
that. I set my standards a bit higher. I’m glad he got the
motivation to get himself going.”
Holding went further, adding on Sky: 'If I was the manager of
the team I would be having a word with that player, and he
would be getting a fine.
Which incident is being talked about here. ID the player

Answer : Dinesh Ramdin’s paper reply
“Yea Viv Talk Nah”

1.Al-Bayt Stadium
2.HPCA Stadium Dharamshala
3.Marina Bay Street Circuit / Singapore Street Circuit
4.Kalinga Stadium, Odisha
5.Wembley Stadium
6.Houston Astrodome
7.Court Philippe-Chatrier
8.Lord’s Cricket Ground
9.Madison Square Garden
10.Chandrashekharan Nair Stadium

Identify the author of this book who started the
LIVESTRONG Foundation. He ultimately had to
resign from it following his admission to doping.
However his autobiography was a source of
inspiration to many cancer survivors including Yuvraj
Singh who drew inspiration from this book in his
battle against cancer.
The author who suffered from testicular cancer back
in 1996 also sent Yuvi a letter that he tweeted

X is a novel written by Rainer Maria Rilke It is a
collection of 10 letters to his friend, who
communicated with the famous poet seeking
advice on his poetry among other things.
Nadia Comaneci’s autobiography derives its name
from from X and changes just the last word to
indicate her profession.
What is her autobiography titled as?

Ans : Letters to a YOUNG GYMNAST

X is the title of the autobiography of Scottie Pippen,a
two-time Olympic gold medalist and NBA Hall of Famer.
Simply put, without him, there are no championship
banners-let alone six-hanging from the United Center
rafters.
The autobiography of a recently retired player who had
been playing for nearly two decades also shares the
same title. Leading the team from the front she
propelled the women’s version of this game to the centre
stage in a country where this game is worshipped.
Id this player & the title of the book

A visionary playmaker who was also considered a great
thinker very appropriately named his autobiography after a
quote of another thinker – Rene Descartes.
“I THINK THEREFORE I AM”
But despite winning the UCL & World Cup trophies, he still
feels a particular loss had tormented him for long which he
describes in Chapter 12 of his book .
“Insomnia, rage, depression, a sense of nothingness. We’d
invented a new disease with multiple symptoms: Istanbul
syndrome. “I no longer felt like a player, and that was
devastating enough. Even worse, I no longer felt like a man.”
ID the player & the name of his book (slight
modification of the quote)

Answer : Andre Pirlo
I THINK THEREFORE I PLAY

“The technical experts ... concluded that it was my grip
along with the unique flick of my wrist that gave me the
phenomenal power on my forehand.’’ The player gives a lot
of credit to her forehand for the success she has achieved
over the years starting with Wimbledon victory at the age
of 16.However her life was filled with controversies (the flag
controversy, London Olympics etc) to which she blames the
TRP hungry media . But she defends a personal choice of
hers which recieved a lot of criticism back then as : "As
athletes, you forget such boundaries.“
Who is this sports personality & her autobiography where
she mentions about Geoger Bush being a fan of her
as well.

Answer : Sania Mirza – ACE
Against ODDS

Way more than a cricket autobiography this book was about
how an 8 year old boy overcame the dark clouds of
uncertainty left behind when his father David ‘Bluey’
_______ , the wicketkeeper and captain of Yorkshire, took his
own life at age of 47. As he notes his father, first coach would
ask him “to pick the bat like an axe and grip it as though
you’re about to chop wood....& to give the ball a good tonk
for the sheer joy of it” to which he would “swing his tiny
arms at every delivery & try to hit sixes to impress him”
It’s been a long journey but it seems like it’s finally a clear
blue sky for him he has become the X factor in the attacking
style what fans call “Baz-ball” surely making his father
proud in heaven with his big sixes. FITB/ Id the player.

“Amma, I have failed you, Amma. Three Olympics I have
played and I couldn’t get a medal back… Amma, forgive
me, I have failed”, says the blurb on the back page of
“Forgive me Amma – The life and times of
_________ ________” by Sundeep Mishra.
The book is about one of the most successful hockey
players during it’s rough phase. He led India to gold
medals in the 1998 Asian Games and the 2003 Asia Cup,
was the player of the tournament in the 2002 Champions
Trophy, however he couldn’t wear the medal of his
dreams – An Olympic medal around his neck.
ID this legendary hockey player who is seen head bowed
down, shoulders dropped, holding the hockey stick in
the left hand

Using cricket as a device to write about Sri Lankan society,
the book tells the story of an alcoholic journalist's quest
to track down a missing cricketer of the 1980s.
Included in the best cricket books ever by Wisden in
2019, it is one of the best fictional novels on cricket. Sasi
Tharoor wrote : X's extraordinary first novel is manifestly
a work of genius—one that manages to be about Sri
Lanka without being overtly about it, and seems to be
about cricket but goes well beyond it."
X is now familiar to most of us who follow literature with
his book that was released in 2020 and won some
prestigious awards . Id X

Rudi Koertzen’s nickname originated from Daryll
Cullinan, the South Africa batsman, who once asked
Koertzen: “Why do you make me suffer and wait for
that ____ _____ decision?”
This South African cricket umpire passed away this
August and cricketers from all over the world
shared memories of him inuding Sehwag who said
that Koertzen used to scold him when he played
rash shorts.
What was the title of his autobiography was the
nickname given to him due to his peculiar way of
signalling ‘out’ to the batsmen.

Winner of the Pulitzer Price and William Hill Sports Book
of the Year: Barbarian Days is a deeply rendered self-
portrait of a lifelong __________ looking for
transcendence 'that recalls early James Salter'.
Barbarian Days is an old-school adventure story, a social
history, an extraordinary exploration of one man's gradual
mastering of an exacting and little-understood art. It is a
memoir of dangerous obsession and enchantment.
This only looks like a sport to some. To devotees, it is
something else entirely: a beautiful addiction, a mental
and physical study, a passionate way of life.
Which sport is being talked about in the book that was
for the first time introduced in 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

This disease is a painful condition that occurs when tendons
in your Y are overloaded, usually by repetitive motions of
the wrist and arm
The pain of occurs primarily where the tendons of your
forearm muscles attach to a bony bump on the outside of
your Y. Pain can also spread into your forearm and wrist.
This condition is mostly seen in athletes who play X because
of excessive strain caused in these muscles while playing.
That's why it is also referred to as XY. Indians know this
disease more commonly associated with a cricketer.
ID XY.

Answer : Tennis Elbow (Lateral Epicondylitis)

“_______ is a complex and often invisible disease. As a
patient, I was misdiagnosed many times and my symptoms
got progressively worse to the point where I couldn’t play
professional tennis anymore. I understand the daily
struggles and the strength it takes to open up about your
journey, but I also know the support and education that is
created by awareness. I applaud all the patients who shared
their stories during ________ Awareness Month . The
words of a tennis star who was destined to achieve more
than her sister, but her career almost ended when she was
diagnosed with this fairly common auto immune disorder
that causes dry eye & mouth as well as crushing joint
pain & fatigue, forcing her to follow a raw vegan diet
FITB & ID the player.

Answer : Sjögren’s Syndrome – Venus Williams

Connect the injury to a sports person & the cause of his death

Answer : Phil Hughes – Vertebral Artery Dissection

Identity this tennis player who was the first black
player selected to the United States Davis Cup team,
and the only black man ever to win the singles title
at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian
Open. The main stadium of the US Open is also
named after him. What was the common but
stigmatic disease that he suffered and ultimately led
to his early & unfortunate death.

Connect
the
images
to
a
disease

Answer : Lou Gehrig’s disease or
ALS – Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

442oons is a page that shares silly football cartoons,
songs & parodies. Their wiki page mockingly calls Sir
Alex Ferguson as “Sir Alex Whiskey Nose”. While it has
nothing to do with his temper or the Cardioversion that
he underwent back in 2003, “Whiskey Nose” is a
common slang term for a medical condition known as
Rhinophyma. This disease causes development of a
large, bulbous nose associated with granulomatous
infiltration, commonly due to untreated _________
which is fairly common in white males and is mistaken
for acne or other skin conditions.

Connect the images to a disease

Answer : Muhammad Ali – Parkinsonism
The red tulip is the worldwide
symbol of Parkinson’s disease

In an extract from his autobiography, The Keeper , a
player describes his medical condition : When I was
about nine or 10 years old, I was diagnosed with
Tourette's Syndrome, which also comes with associated
disorders like hyperactivity and _________ _________
_______," he explained. "So it was hard to sit still in
school, it's hard to be at home in my room, trying to just
be contained.
ID the player & the disease which is an anxiety
disorder, one that brings conscious intrusive
thoughts and compulsions and is commonly
associated with TS.
1/3rd of TS patients have this disease

The Everton & U.S. Men’s national soccer team goalie had
one of the finest games of his career, stopping 16 shots in
the team’s round-of-16 loss to Belgium in the 2014 FIFA
World Cup. The picture shows the viral meme after his
performance.
“Things that ___ ______ could save”

Answer : Tim Howard –
Obsessive Complulsive Disorder (OCD)

The Gallic Rooster was widely used as a
religious symbol, the sign of hope and faith. It
was during the Renaissance that the rooster
began to be associated with the emerging _
nation which was then incorporated into it’s
football team’s logo.
Recently KFC tweeted :
“Proud is the rooster, golden is the nueve”
when one of it’s legendary players won one of
the top awards in World Football
Identity this football team.

One of the most striking features of this sports
club’s logo is the crown, which was added in 1920
when Alfonso XIII, the King of Spain, granted the
club ‘royal’ status.
The club’s name has a word which means “royal”
in the Spanish language, depicting the way they
play the game and conduct themselves as a team.
Identify the sport’s club.

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